Roger Williams is located on278 Thurbers Ave which is the southern part of Providenceknown for its dirty streets covered with violence. Despite the town's dismal reputation, it is still a place that people call home. Roger Williams was built in 1932 with funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) When the school was firstbuilt it was called Thurbers Avenue School,but later it changed to the honor of the founder of Rhode Island:Roger Williams. It is a diverse school with different types of cultures. and about 13 students per classroom. The school has a majority of the Hispanic kids with 70%, 19% was black, 6% was Asian and 5% of white. About 80% of the students come from economically disadvantaged households. In this report i will discussed important facts about the community information, its school analysis and about its district.
Community Background
Providence is the capital of Rhode Island. Rhode Island is broken into many communities, Providence is the biggest community in Rhode Island and its also very unfortunate. It is also a diverse community with 58% of the population being Hispanic, 22% are African American, 13% are white, 6% are Asian and about 1% are Native Americans (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Of all these different ethnicity, 8% of the them are bilingual and an equivalent 8% are learning English (Information Works 2006). Providence has a pretty distributed income level. Of the almost 59,000 households in the city, 15.2% have an income of less that $10,000 a year. The remaining 10.4% of households make over $100,000 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Median household income is $46,098 and median family income $56,175 is lower than the state $51,814 and US median income ($48,451) respectively. Providence has a high number of families that are poor. With the community of Providence being made up of a combination of different parts, within there are many different point of views to take into consideration. Statistics show that the economy in this area is generally poor, because many families in the district of providence are living below the poverty line.
The educational status of the citizens of this community is both lacking and unsatisfactory. The education levels of the population are a little more evenly distributed. Of the population that is 25 years of age or older, 17.8% of them never made it to high school, 12.9% went to high school but didn't graduate, 24.2% have a high school degree, 12.5% have attended college but don't have a degree, 4.2% have their associates degree, 16.2% have their bachelor's degree and 12.3% have graduate degrees (U.S. Census Bureau). In 2001, Providence was the most violent area in Rhode Island by far being even higher then the national average (IDcide).
The community of providence a number of household is 64,875.Only 23.3% is with a single parent households. adults with at least a High School Diploma is 79.5%. But, sadly, only 31% get at least a bachelors Degree.
District Summary
The total population of the city of providence from July 2007 is 172,459.The Providence Public School District serves about 25,742 students from Kindergarten to grade twelve. There are at least 6 middle schools in Rhode Island. In the NECAP test for 6th grade, the state average for Reading was 64% and the state average for Math was 54%. As for the 7th graders, the state average for Reading was 59% and the state average for Math was 51%,. Lastly, the 8th graders had an extra part of the test which was writingthey scored 42%. On the other parts of the test, the state average was state average was 59% and the state average for math was 48%.
The district of Providence is the largest on Rhode Island with 22 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 7 high schools, as well as 2 charter schools in 2004-2005 that held a total of 25,742 students. There are about 876 students in Roger Williams middle school now. With all these students it is hard to give individual attention with the student to teacher ratio being 26 to 1. The teacher salaries range from $33,521- $63,185.
Providence has a population of 172,459. Of that, 96,634 are 25 years old or higher. 69.4% are high school graduates and 28.5% have a bachelor's degree or higher, the lower education levels of the inhabitants attributes to the amount of poverty in the area. Most of the people living in Providence live in apartments or multi-family homes (US Census Bureau). There are 49 schools the Providence school district. 65% of the schools in the district have been labeled as making insufficient progress, 29% are moderately proficient and 6% are highly proficient by NCLB standards (Information Works, 2006)
LOCATION OF ROGER WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Roger Williams Middle School Location
In perspective of those facts I would like to point out a few accomplishments Roger Williams Middle School,
• Has a “4-Star Award” winning partnership with Rhode Island/Hasbro Children’s Hospital, which sponsors several programs throughout the school year now in its fifth year.
• Has a partnership with Roger Williams Park Zoo, which provides many educational programs throughout the school year.
• Has a close working relationship with the theater department at Brown University’s Art Literacy Program.
• Provides an after school program in conjunction with the Attorney Generals Office, the Lifespan partnership, and Johnson and Wales College of Business.
• Publishes a hard cover school yearbook and monthly school newspaper throughout the school year. The newsletters mailed quarterly to parents that include a parent’s page full of school information.
• Utilizes resources from Volunteers in Providence Schools, South Side Tutorial, YMCA, Children Crusade, City Year, Kids First and ETS.
• Has a close working relationship with the Southeast Asian Youth and Family Development Project, South Side Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, and other community groups.
• Provides educational and enrichment activities in conjunction with Summerbridge, and Educational Talent Search.
• Maintains a rich tradition within the building where there is sensitivity to cultural and social-economic difference, where students are respected, nurtured, and educated.
(Maryanne, Russo.)
With these extra after school programs, kids are well thought and they hold a great vibe with their peers.
School Analysis
Roger Williams has 820 students with a maximum of 63 teachers.The attendance of the school is 88% as of the state 94%, 12 percent of the student body miss school. Out of the 820 students, only 617 of them get free lunch leaving 42 students with reduced-price lunch eligible. How can we evaluate the achievement of this school? Does it meet standards? The R.I. Department of Elementary determines school-performance classifications based on the No Child Left Behind Act and gives test scores, participation rate on tests, and attendance rates. There was an average of 87.2% of the students in the school to take this test. Overall the student body of the school Roger Williams did not meet standard in English Language Arts is this fact due to the majority of the school is Hispanic and second English speakers? But, as a surprise, in Mathematics the students were able to meet the target scored. Roger Williams is classified as insufficient process. The school only met 18 targets and 25 targets were evaluated.
The biggest problem that has been mention In the salt survey 2006- 2007 is that students don't tend to read a lot and i think that's a major issue is was said that kids would rather do group work than being alone. its was questioned "would you do better next year" and the majority of the people voted yes they would but the next question was would you make honor roll next year and only a little students less than half were able to answer yes. Also the support system that students have with their parents is really good because they need that support.
Roger Williams Middle school have a very large bilingual/English as a Second Language program. Many of the students come to this school from their native countries without any knowledge of the English language.
Conclusion
Roger Williams Middle School is a diverse community with strengths and weaknesses. Great strengths in this school are seen in the support teachers provide to their students, the vast amount of extracurricular activities provided to the students. Although Roger Williams Middle school is not a high standard school, i feel as though that if the principles and teachers dedicate time to Roger Williams to make the school better. It obviously that the school needs a lot of work as far as the condition of the school and the teaching style. By addressing these issues and in the future improving them, the students can improve in their school performance and successfully complete their education; it is the responsibility of the teachers and other faculty within the school, district, and the parents of the community, to help them do that.
U.S. Census Bureau, (2006). American FactFinder. Retrieved October 17, 2007, from U.S. Census Bureau Web site: http://www.factfinder.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau, (2006). American FactFinder. Income by Household. Retrieved October 17, 2008, from U.S. Census Bureau Web site: http://www.factfinder.census.gov
Title: Roger Williams Middle School
Introduction
Roger Williams is located on 278 Thurbers Ave which is the southern part of Providence known for its dirty streets covered with violence. Despite the town's dismal reputation, it is still a place that people call home. Roger Williams was built in 1932 with funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) When the school was first built it was called Thurbers Avenue School, but later it changed to the honor of the founder of Rhode Island :Roger Williams. It is a diverse school with different types of cultures. and about 13 students per classroom. The school has a majority of the Hispanic kids with 70%, 19% was black, 6% was Asian and 5% of white. About 80% of the students come from economically disadvantaged households. In this report i will discussed important facts about the community information, its school analysis and about its district.Community Background
Providence is the capital of Rhode Island. Rhode Island is broken into many communities, Providence is the biggest community in Rhode Island and its also very unfortunate. It is also a diverse community with 58% of the population being Hispanic, 22% are African American, 13% are white, 6% are Asian and about 1% are Native Americans (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Of all these different ethnicity, 8% of the them are bilingual and an equivalent 8% are learning English (Information Works 2006). Providence has a pretty distributed income level. Of the almost 59,000 households in the city, 15.2% have an income of less that $10,000 a year. The remaining 10.4% of households make over $100,000 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Median household income is $46,098 and median family income $56,175 is lower than the state $51,814 and US median income ($48,451) respectively. Providence has a high number of families that are poor. With the community of Providence being made up of a combination of different parts, within there are many different point of views to take into consideration. Statistics show that the economy in this area is generally poor, because many families in the district of providence are living below the poverty line.The educational status of the citizens of this community is both lacking and unsatisfactory. The education levels of the population are a little more evenly distributed. Of the population that is 25 years of age or older, 17.8% of them never made it to high school, 12.9% went to high school but didn't graduate, 24.2% have a high school degree, 12.5% have attended college but don't have a degree, 4.2% have their associates degree, 16.2% have their bachelor's degree and 12.3% have graduate degrees (U.S. Census Bureau). In 2001, Providence was the most violent area in Rhode Island by far being even higher then the national average (IDcide).
The community of providence a number of household is 64,875. Only 23.3% is with a single parent households. adults with at least a High School Diploma is 79.5%. But, sadly, only 31% get at least a bachelors Degree.
District Summary
The total population of the city of providence from July 2007 is 172,459.The Providence Public School District serves about 25,742 students from Kindergarten to grade twelve. There are at least 6 middle schools in Rhode Island. In the NECAP test for 6th grade, the state average for Reading was 64% and the state average for Math was 54%. As for the 7th graders, the state average for Reading was 59% and the state average for Math was 51%,. Lastly, the 8th graders had an extra part of the test which was writing they scored 42%. On the other parts of the test, the state average was state average was 59% and the state average for math was 48%.The district of Providence is the largest on Rhode Island with 22 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 7 high schools, as well as 2 charter schools in 2004-2005 that held a total of 25,742 students. There are about 876 students in Roger Williams middle school now. With all these students it is hard to give individual attention with the student to teacher ratio being 26 to 1. The teacher salaries range from $33,521- $63,185.
Providence has a population of 172,459. Of that, 96,634 are 25 years old or higher. 69.4% are high school graduates and 28.5% have a bachelor's degree or higher, the lower education levels of the inhabitants attributes to the amount of poverty in the area. Most of the people living in Providence live in apartments or multi-family homes (US Census Bureau). There are 49 schools the Providence school district. 65% of the schools in the district have been labeled as making insufficient progress, 29% are moderately proficient and 6% are highly proficient by NCLB standards (Information Works, 2006)
LOCATION OF ROGER WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Roger Williams Middle School Location
In perspective of those facts I would like to point out a few accomplishments Roger Williams Middle School,
• Has a “4-Star Award” winning partnership with Rhode Island/Hasbro Children’s Hospital, which sponsors several programs throughout the school year now in its fifth year.• Has a partnership with Roger Williams Park Zoo, which provides many educational programs throughout the school year.
• Has a close working relationship with the theater department at Brown University’s Art Literacy Program.
• Provides an after school program in conjunction with the Attorney Generals Office, the Lifespan partnership, and Johnson and Wales College of Business.
• Publishes a hard cover school yearbook and monthly school newspaper throughout the school year. The newsletters mailed quarterly to parents that include a parent’s page full of school information.
• Utilizes resources from Volunteers in Providence Schools, South Side Tutorial, YMCA, Children Crusade, City Year, Kids First and ETS.
• Has a close working relationship with the Southeast Asian Youth and Family Development Project, South Side Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, and other community groups.
• Provides educational and enrichment activities in conjunction with Summerbridge, and Educational Talent Search.
• Maintains a rich tradition within the building where there is sensitivity to cultural and social-economic difference, where students are respected, nurtured, and educated.
(Maryanne, Russo.)
With these extra after school programs, kids are well thought and they hold a great vibe with their peers.
School Analysis
Roger Williams has 820 students with a maximum of 63 teachers.The attendance of the school is 88% as of the state 94%, 12 percent of the student body miss school. Out of the 820 students, only 617 of them get free lunch leaving 42 students with reduced-price lunch eligible. How can we evaluate the achievement of this school? Does it meet standards? The R.I. Department of Elementary determines school-performance classifications based on the No Child Left Behind Act and gives test scores, participation rate on tests, and attendance rates. There was an average of 87.2% of the students in the school to take this test. Overall the student body of the school Roger Williams did not meet standard in English Language Arts is this fact due to the majority of the school is Hispanic and second English speakers? But, as a surprise, in Mathematics the students were able to meet the target scored. Roger Williams is classified as insufficient process. The school only met 18 targets and 25 targets were evaluated.The biggest problem that has been mention In the salt survey 2006- 2007 is that students don't tend to read a lot and i think that's a major issue is was said that kids would rather do group work than being alone. its was questioned "would you do better next year" and the majority of the people voted yes they would but the next question was would you make honor roll next year and only a little students less than half were able to answer yes. Also the support system that students have with their parents is really good because they need that support.
Roger Williams Middle school have a very large bilingual/English as a Second Language program. Many of the students come to this school from their native countries without any knowledge of the English language.
Conclusion
Roger Williams Middle School is a diverse community with strengths and weaknesses. Great strengths in this school are seen in the support teachers provide to their students, the vast amount of extracurricular activities provided to the students. Although Roger Williams Middle school is not a high standard school, i feel as though that if the principles and teachers dedicate time to Roger Williams to make the school better. It obviously that the school needs a lot of work as far as the condition of the school and the teaching style. By addressing these issues and in the future improving them, the students can improve in their school performance and successfully complete their education; it is the responsibility of the teachers and other faculty within the school, district, and the parents of the community, to help them do that.CR Eval-StephanieS by ArianaS
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